Update: Utica cop was shot in head, $25k reward

AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, William P. CannonUtica Police Officers console each other after the shooting death of Utica police officer Thomas Lindsey, 33, in Utica, N.Y., Thursday, April 12, 2007. More than 150 officers are involved early today in a manhunt for one or more suspects in connection with the fatal shooting during a traffic stop Thursday night.

We have been following news of the fatal shooting of a Utica police officer. During a 10 a.m. news conference that was aired on Channels 3 and 10 and 570 WSYR Radio, police officials said Utica police Officer Thomas Lindsey was shot in the head. They also said that the vehicle Lindsey stopped has been sent to the state police forensics lab in Albany. The FBI has put up a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those involved in the fatal shooting. Officials provided two phone numbers: 315-735-3301 and 315-223-3500.

AP Photo/Utica Police DepartmentIn this photo provided by the Utica, N.Y. Police Department, Utica Police officer Thomas Lindsey is shown in an undated photo. Lindsey was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Thursday, April 12, 2007, in Utica.

Here is the rest of the story:
Lindsey was wearing a bulletproof vest when he was fatally shot at 9:20 p.m. Thursday during a traffic stop on the 1100 block of Neilson Street in Cornhill, Police Chief C. Allen Pylman told the Utica Observer-Dispatch.

Authorities told the Observer-Dispatch that they have suspects. A man and woman were taken away in handcuffs and a 10-member SWAT team were seen breaking down the door to a home in the area. For more, see the Observer-Dispatch Web site.

Lindsey, 32, and a member of the department's Tactical Unit, died an hour later at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Information was not available early today on where Lindsey was struck, according to Observer-Dispatch reports.

Lindsey was a former Marine and had been on the Utica force for more than five years. Lindsey made Thursday night's Neilson Street traffic stop by himself and called for backup before being shot, according to Observer-Dispatch reports. Police have scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference. The fatal shooting is Utica's first homicide of the year.